Wright ceased using leaded glass in his buildings after 1923, but he never lost interest in ornamental patterns in glass. Until the end of his life, the architect used patterned fenestration to manipulate light and to negotiate the perimeters where interior and exterior space collide. The complex and sophisticated leaded glass designs surveyed in Light Screens would have been an extraordinary oeuvre for someone whose focus was limited to glass design. For an architect whose design responsibilities extended to every aspect of innumerable building projects - and one who ceased using leaded glass halfway into his career - they compose a truly astounding body of work and one more illustration of the prolific genius of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Wright's initials on a drawing of 1939. © The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Taliesin West, Scottsdale, AZ
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Door windows, Second Francis W. Little house, Wayzata, Minn., 1912-1914. Michael FitzSimmons Decorative Arts, Chicago, Ill.
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